Amends provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act 1977 (BGBl. 609), the General Social Security Act, and the Lay-off Benefits Act regarding the factoring in of temporary employment in the calculation of unemployment and lay-off benefits.

The terms "or seized" in section 68 of the Unemployment Insurance Act have been found contrary to the Constitution and therefore have been deleted by the Constitutional Court. See: Unemployment Insurance Act [LS 1977-Aus.2].

Under amended s.10(1) of the Unemployment Insurance Act, an unemployed person who refuses employment or training is deprived of unemployment benefits for at least four weeks after the refusal (or six or eight weeks in the case of a second and third refusal during a one-year period). The amendments also revise the prerequisites for initial entitlement to benefits (s.14), the maximum number of weeks of benefits (s.18) and the reckoning of time spent on involuntarily reduced hours, maternity leave or training (s.21). The amendment Act sets forth new benefit tables and amends provisions concerning benefits available under other social insurance schemes and the treatment of spouse's earnings. New provisions specify rights of unemployed persons who have contributed to schemes in countries covered by a bilateral agreement with Austria on unemployment insurance.

Contains various amendments to the 1977 Act, as amended, particularly in regard to administrative aspects of unemployment insurance, conditions for the loss of a right to benefits, estimation of a self-employed person's income, travel outside the country and the relationship of unemployment benefits to other subsidies.

Amends the Employment Protection Act in relation to limitations on wage attachments and social security for persons receiving assistance under that Act. Makes minor administrative and temporary amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Act. Amends the Acts on social security for farmers and in the trades with respect to the purposes for which contributions may be taken into account. Repeals the Act amending various Acts which was published in BGBl. 78/1987. Entry into force 1 Jan. 1988.

The amendment to s. 1(Z)(10) of the Order of 21 Dec. 1978, as amended, sets gross earnings during the 26 weeks preceding unemployment as the basis for calculating unemployment compensation. Issued under the Unemployment Compensation Act (LS 1977 - Aus. 2).

Amends ss. 12(6)(c), 21(1), 21(5), 36(2), 36(3)(B), 60(2) and 69(1), in particular regarding income from independent activities and calculation of a worker's income for purposes of determining the amount of unemployment insurance benefit. Henceforth, the benefit will be calculated on the basis of average earnings for the six months immediately preceding unemployment, instead of on the last monthly salary.

Inter alia, inserts after s. 39 of the first Act referred to above, new ss. 39a and 3b (Assistance to solve certain employment problems which are of particular economic interest) and amends ss. 60 and 64 of the second Act.